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Contemporary Pleated Curtains for Drapery Hooks on a Budget?

10 years ago
For months I have been trying to find a curtain that will work for my large picture window. I am hoping someone can point me to a source for the extremely specific type of insulated, pleated curtain that will work for my application. The first photo shows the window. When I was a child, my parents had an ugly insulated curtain (like a heavy insulated burlap material), in which my Dad had traveling on a traverse rod, which collected on the right side only ("stack right" configuration). That worked well, because the other side of the window is very, very close to built in bookcase. The traverse rod my Dad had used there for many years was very ugly, it was not decorative. I have since bought a decorative traverse rod that will work. However, the traverse rods seem to work best with pleated drapes that take the large upholstery hooks on the backside, and these drapery hooks connect into each little plastic carrier in the traverse rod. I would like to go with an 84” height curtain, and have it fall ¼ to ½” from the floor. The width of the window trim is 108”, so I am looking for a curtain panel that is wide enough to cover that distance, yet will be stored (or “stacked”) only on the right side. One solid panel is preferred, although I have a friend who could sew multiple panels together. I have found several mass-marketed thermal (which I need) curtains that are 84”, and that are “pinch-pleated” and will accept drapery hooks, my favorite of which is made by Ellis Curtain in Massachusetts, and it is called their “Fireside”. I have received samples, and the fireside is heavy, and is a foam-back heavy cotton-duck material, and their stitching quality or their pleats is excellent. However, the Fireside collection only comes in solid colors (except for one floral pattern they have, but we want nothing with flowers, we are looking for something kind of retro/contemporary that would fit our taste and add some color and timeless fashion to our charming little 1951 living room). We are very budget-conscious, and any true custom websites I have looked at have prices that are way out of our league… The second photo shows two matching smaller windows that flank the fireplace, and we will also want to buy two matching curtains that match the large picture window curtain. The width of the traverse rod for the large picture window curtain will be approx 132”, and the height of that curtain will be 84”. The width of the traverse rod of the two smaller windows will be 36”, and the height of those two curtains will be 47”. Also, if anyone can recommend what kind of pleat (inverted box pleat, pinch pleat, French pleat, etc) would have the smallest depth, that would be great, as the third photo shows that between the bottom ledge/shelf of the picture window casing and the large old radiator (that we love), there is only 3” in between, so it may be good to have pleats that are as shallow depth as possible. If you have read my post this far, true thanks!

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